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Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo doo doo doo doo Dooo- doo -doo-doo doo doo doo dooo doooooo Doo-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-doo-dooo-doo ALRIGHT Competition season is no longer nigh, folks. It's HERE. My first meet of the season is this weekend, followed by another meet on 3/1, a third on 3/14 and finally Nationals on 4/10-4/11. That's a short season, I know, of just four meets, but chill out, I am a damned adult playing around with a sport for 4'11 girls that weigh 80 lbs. Last year, my first year back with the sport, I only competed in two meets, so already this is double the competition time from just last year. Ohhhhhh, boy. How prepared am I for this weekend? Well, let's just say... hahahah, I'm so not. Now, this is the feeling I do not want to have coming up on April, so here's what we're going to do to fight that. First, we're gonna do a bunch of body waves to get the wiggles out. Then, we're gonna get down to business. Goal 1: I just wanna make you sweat *Huff and puff: HIIT workouts 2x per week *Flex Zone: Give proper attention to accessory lifts and exercises post-workout 3x per week -> 30 total points possible I'm holding on to the HIIT workouts from last challenge and trying to stick with that plan through this cut and through competition season. Largely because of these HIIT sessions that I've been squeezing in after my lifting workouts, I've been cutting my accessory work short or neglecting it completely. I am stating it now as a priority to force myself to do BOTH the HIIT and the accessories at full effort because it's not like they're in the program for no reason. Fix those weak spots! Goal 2: When I dip, you dip, we dip *Pull: Put in 5 days/week of work on pulls and chins. *Push: Put in 3 days/week of work on push-ups *Dip: Put in 3 days/week of work on dips -> 66 total points possible This upper body work should help my bars immensely and bars has been a weak spot for who knows how long. I may adjust the programming as necessary to make it work better in my life and it's somewhat up in the air right now. Goal 3: First we gonna work on the stomach (No one wants a lil tight ass) *A good cut: Hit within ~600 calories of the weekly goal +5 points for each week goal hit *Measurable success: Progress photos for Challenge Start, Week 3 end, and Challenge End Take measurements at Challenge Start, Week 3 end, and Challenge End +2 points for each measurement/photo combination -> 36 total points possible Let's get fighting fit and trim. Girl, your leo is tiny. While we don't want a lil tight ass, we definitely don't want our ass hanging out either. Goal 4: Back, back, back it up *Post daily reflections: These can be nebulous thoughts about something during the day, a response to a particular situation, a self-evaluation of a new skill, a victory I didn't think I would achieve, really anything that makes me stop and think meaningfully about what I got out of my day, workout or otherwise -> 42 total points possible This is a goal that worked really well for me previously and I believe really helped me stay on point and focus on the right things.